harry reid, nancy pelosi, the president, saw their stars rise over the past 26 days because of this flurry of getting stuff done. but you you want to know who had a stupendous month as well? iraq and afghanistan veterans. in the words of the largest organization of iraq and afghanistan veterans, iava, quote, lame duck comes up big for new vets. iraq and afghanistan veterans of america wanted don t ask, don t tell repealed. they got it repeal. they want the new gi bill updated, they got it updated. they wanted fraud investigated at arlington cemetery. they got fraud investigated. they wanted compensation and health care for 9/11 first responders. they got it. they wanted the veterans preference in federal hiring
what s being done to track down these troopers that deserve this money? the dod has been pretty comprehensive over the last year, sent out postcards to everyone in her records who they think were held under a stop loss order, sent out mass e-mails, facebook and twitter and reached out to organizes like iava to reach out to our members and done live chats on our social network of veterans and talked to the american legion, and the vfw to get the word out that if you have been stop lost you may have money coming to you. tom tarantino, thank you for your time. thank you. creating wealth and passing it on to future generations, the american dream but rarely the reality for african-americans. eg that i want to do completely on my own i like to discuss my ideas with someone. that s what i like about fidelity. they talked with me one on one, so we could come up with a plan that s right for me, and they worked with me to help me stay on track
is there improvement? do you feel they are listening to you? we had a good meeting with the white house. that s progress. we need points on the board. the suicide rates continue to skyrocket. unemployment continues to go up. the backlog is a million claims at that time v.a. people are fighting and dying, coming home in record numbers and we need pints on the board. the founder and executive director of veterans of america. good to see you. you, too. i am a supporter of iava as a an organization. learn more about them at iava.org. coming up on countdown the austere voice of reason that is glenn beck asking tea partiers not to dress up in a goofy way at rallies. coming up here, one candidate decides the way to voters heart is by stink bombing mailboxes. this year s elections are fun to cover and a little scary. in the for a chain of supply, that s logistics
tell them to send the bill to the floor and vote on it. when we last talked you were expressing frustration about access to the administration, specifically access and who to call and whether you get your phone calls back returned. is there improvement? do you feel they are listening to you? we had a good meeting with the white house. that s progress. we need points on the board. the suicide rates continue to skyrocket. unemployment continues to go up. the backlog is a million claims at that time v.a. people are fighting and dying, coming home in record numbers and we need pints on the board. the founder and executive director of veterans of america. good to see you. you, too. i am a supporter of iava as a an organization. learn more about them at iava.org. coming up on countdown the austere voice of reason that is glenn beck asking tea partiers not to dress up in a goofy way at rallies.
and finally tonight, president obama has promised tone the wars in iraq and afghanistan and bring the troops home over time. but the organization, iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, says the administration also needs to focus on helping them when they come back here to the united states. and veterans from around the country are heading to washington this weekend to fight for reform. joining me now is the executive director of the iava, paul wry cough, paul, great to have you with us tonight. when i hear the word reform, i thought we passed a gism bill in this country. what s happening with that? we did ed, but there is still major problems. veterans are experiencing a lot of confusion trying to utilize that gi bill. the va was caught flat footed here, caught up now and worked on fixing it but 90% of the phone calls that went to the va s gi bill hotline between